Assumptions

I was just reading the story of Jesus and the woman at the well and had a new thought. This woman had been married 5 times, was living with a man she was not married to, but she was not an outcast. When she went into the town and told people what was going on, they did not mock her or tell her to go away.

Was this woman exceptionally beautiful? Powerful, rich beyond words? There seems to be more here. She is drawing her own water, and yet people will listen to her. She has been married five times and still has men risking shame and being ostracized to be with her.

I wonder what the whole story is?

I wonder what else do I see, but not see? Where else in my life am I making all kinds of false, or at least uninformed assumptions? Often not knowing or even considering the whole picture. Maybe I should be a little bit slower to react, ok JUMP to conclusions. Perhaps using a bit more of the Christian ethic, you know that whole judge not thing, would be in order. And maybe a little more curious about asking questions and willing to learn more.

What about you, are there areas where you have assumptions that might not be true?